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Looking for advice from Top Mains!

Reign of Sylas ·9/9/2017, 2:25:55 PM·1 votes·386 views

Hello, So recently I have traded roles from mid back to top. I used to play top and now I remember why I stopped. It seems to me people hate roaming top(which I usually do as a midlaner everygame). It seems junglers- on enemy team love ganking lvl3 if I'm pushed in or under my tower, while my jungler that I just leashed goes red to bronze route and continues to go 0-10+.

All serious aside. Please give me some tips that will improve my win rate. Here is the things I currently do now: Farm 80% time on safe side Ping wards Type Flashes or ignites If fed try to push top advantage, sometimes try help my team but they seem stand there and watch me die so I usually stay top. Ask nicely for ganks or roams that I never get while enemy at 5% pushed in with no wards. Try stay positive and group when team pushed into base usually- die instantly even if fed cause I seem be only lane that wins. Score 0-40 ask nicely for a surrender but the game goes on for another 30mins cause team having fun destroying us.

Is there something I can be doing that's productive that would entriuge my team to go top or help with rifts? Also I try peel for adc in teamfights even if I engage I fall back and protect?

6 Comments

Weedlayer9/9/2017, 3:04:40 PM3 votes

Could try to play a safer champion like Renekton or Shen. Try warding more, especially for the 3 minute gank that's pretty much the first thing all junglers will try. Look for teleports bot, such as when the enemy chases past the minion wave, or is diving tower. Ask for a forward ward in the enemy's lane bush if possible. If you get an early advantage try freezing the lane in front of your tower, forcing the enemy off the minion wave and protecting yourself from ganks. This is generally a more appropriate strategy at 10 minutes than 20, because if you freeze too late the enemy will just roam mid and start teamfighting or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQWcHIl5oc
This is a video explaining the basics of wave management in the top lane, there are others in the series if you're interested.

notmebuthim9/9/2017, 2:50:52 PM1 votes

I left top, its pretty harsh right now. Junglers gank early and often, but never your own jungler. You get roamed on by supports and mid laners often. Jungler demands your help when an invaid is coming, but ignors your asks for help in the lane. I guess I would say pick champs that can 2 v 1, go ignite, look for lvl 2 all in, ward deep, farm well, dont miss any xp, sustain the lane, dont die, pressure hard enough to pull enemy jungler top and then dodge the gank. Your team probably wont help you if you get behind, youre solo so you got to do it solo.

Reign of Sylas 9/9/2017, 2:58:39 PM1 votes

I mean I also watch Solorenekton videos and his wave management. Nothing seems to help the win ratio>

Reign of Sylas 9/9/2017, 5:53:25 PM1 votes

Please- if you link a video send something that isn't a waste of time or don't have be a gd rocket scientist with a bach degree to understand!